Nurses column p21 | John Meechan Q&A p27 | Live case study p38 |
Support. Practitioners offered information on creating Local Decontamination Unit facilities
LDU advice service is launched
A specialist Local Decon- tamination Unit (LDU) advice service is now available for dental practitioners. Part of Health Facilities
Scotland, the advice service is available until August and will be able to assist in many aspects of the planning of new, and the upgrading of existing, LDU facilities. The service is staffed by
two LDU advisors, George McDonagh and Ken Chapman, assisted by LDU support officer Gail Kelly. Prior to taking up their current posts, George was lecturing to BDS students on
decontamination at Glasgow Dental School and Ken worked at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, training dental nurses and podiatrists on all aspects of instrument decontamina- tion. Although primarily based at Meridian Court in Glasgow, the two men will be available to travel around the country to help dental professionals. Along with Irene Black’s
team at NHS Education for Scotland, George and Ken have been heavily involved with training a wide range of DCPs and they are now ready to help dentists throughout Scotland.
George McDonagh in his previous role teaching students at Glasgow Dental School
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George said: “We are avail-
able to advise whether you need help designing and building your LDU, with the procure- ment of equipment or if you have any specific issues with instruments and decontami- nation equipment, including benchtop washer disinfectors, sterilisers or dental handpieces.
Endodontic study group invites case studies
ENDODONTIC MEETINGS
The Scottish Endodontic Study Group (SESG) has announced the dates of its next two meetings. The SESG was founded in 2010 by Alastair MacDonald, Navid Saberi, David McCulloch, Mark Lang and William McLean. It aims to provide for the educational and profes- sional development needs in the field of endodontology, and to promote endodon- tics in primary care. Free membership is open to all general dental practitioners, hospital staff, postgraduate
and undergraduate dental students, and dental care professionals.
Previous SESG meetings have included seminars on novel file systems and updates on endodontic practice. The next meeting, ‘Case-based discussions’, will take place on 28 May from 7pm-9pm at Edinburgh Dental Specialists, 178 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 4BA. Everyone is invited to bring along endodontic cases for discussion – these can be primary treatments, re-treat- ments, pre-op, mid-treatment or completed cases. It is intended that all participants
can discuss management of cases in an open forum. The next meeting will be on 11 September from 7pm-9pm at The Marina Dental Care, Suite F3, South- bank Marina, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow G66 1NH.
The evening will look at ‘NiTi or just Ti – decision making at the endodontic/ implant interface’, hosted by Stephen Jacobs.
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The SESG is at
www.sesg.org. uk or on Facebook. If you are interested in attending the meetings they can be contacted at
navidsaberi@hotmail.com
“To ensure we can provide an
efficient service, please inform us as soon as possible should you require our help.”
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The new LDU advice service can be contacted by email at
nss.hfsdeconteam@nhs.net or by calling 0141 207 1875.
Trainer awarded
excellence medal CITY & GUILDS
A trainer from Glasgow has become the first dental nurse trainer to win a City & Guilds Medal for Excellence award.
Moira McKenna, centre manager for Mentor Training Ltd, was presented with her award at a special ceremony in London in April.
She was nominated for her outstanding performance in teaching the level 3 NVQ in dental nursing.
The ceremony at the Roundhouse in Hampstead was hosted by Alex Jones from BBC One’s The One Show and the chairman of City & Guilds Michael Howell.
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